Vehicle seat construction.



11.. H. ADAMS. VEHICLE SEAT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, MHZ4 Patented Mar. 10, 1914f mvENToR. @L

ALONZO H. ADAMS, OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANI VEHICLE SEAT CONSTRUCTIO vl ,one ila.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serna No. 705,527.

To alt ill/min it 71mg/ concern, s

lic it known that l', ALoNzo lil. Avans, a citizen of the United States, resident olf Willtiusburg, in the county oli Allegheny and State of' .lfennsylvauia, have invented a new and use'lful Improvement in Vehicle Seat Construction; and l do hereby declare the following to be a t'ull, clear` and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to vehicleseats- The object ot my invention is to provide a seat-structure formed of metal members so riveted orseoured together in connection with the metal. body of the vehicle to lorm a ver-y strong, durable construction, which will withstand the severe jolting and usage to which such vehicles are subjected in traveling over rough country roads.

lo tl'iese ends my invention comprises the novel Features hereinafter set lorth and claimed.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ol a buggy-body showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 a partial section ot' a buggy-body, the section being taken transversely oil the seat-struetanfe;

Fig. t5 is an enlarged crosssection and Fig. et is a perspective view showing how the vertical struts are secured to the cross-me1nbers.

Referring to the drawing, the immoral 2 designates a body ot' a buggy or other suit able'vel'iicle, said body being lormed of' sheet-metal oi suitable gage and joined at the corners in any suitable. manner to l'orm an oblong rigid structure. The sides ot the body adjacent the seat structure llare outwardly as at 3 and Vsaid portion is provided with the inwardly extending flanges il.

The struts or uprights 5 are preferably formed in the shape ot' channels and the webportion at the toot bent to 'form the lug t3 which is riveted or otherwise secured tothe angle 7 extending around the body at the lower edge ther-tot'. 'l'he upper ends olr the struts 5 are rii ted or otherwise soeured to the transverse members 8, said transverse n'ieinbers S having the lower flanges 9 and the upper flanges 10. The lower langes are cut away as at l1 to permit the web portion. of the struts 5 to be riveted to the web portion 12 ot the trans` verse members 8. The upper ends of the struts 5 are 1n contact with the lower 'tace 'ot the upper flange l0 and consequently said flange l0 rests upon said struts and the shearing strain on the rivets connecting struts to said transverse members is relieved. The inwardly extending flanges Il of the body lap over the end portions 1-3 ot' the transverse members, said end portions being eut away as at lll to form a kind of gusset-plate, and the flanges 4 are secured to the end portions lft ot the transverse members by means of rivets 15. ln this manner said structure is built up in astrong substantial manner, and is so bound with the sides of the vehicle as to be further stitl'ened and strengthened so that all liability olf the sagging or slcewing of the seatl'rame is avo1ded.

rl`he bottom plate 1G is bent as shown to ilorm the guideway 17 which receives the lower flange 9 ot the transverse member and au interlocking joint is thus obtained between the two members which does away willi riveting or other like means for securingthe bottom plate in position. By having the struts 5 slightly spaced from the side portions ot' the vehicle as indicated in Fig. 3, the liability of rattling is avoided due to vibration which usually occurs Where two metal members are brought into close relation to each other.

What l claim is:

1. ln a starbstructure for vehicles, the combination with a metal body, of channel shaped struts supported thereby, transverse members secured to said struts-`having inwardly extending flanges, the lower flanges being cut away to receive said struts, the upper flanges of said transverse members resting on said struts, and inwardly extending flanges on the body-sides secured to the upper flanges of said transverse members;

2. In a seatstructure vl'or vehicles, the combination with a metal body having an inwardly extending flange around the lower edge, ot channel-shaped struts, lugs formed from the web members of said struts secured to said inwardly extending flanges of said body, transverse' members having inwardly extending flanges at the top and bottom, the

lower flanges being ont away t0 receive said .l

strns, the upper nges resting lon the tops n testimony whereof7 l the said LbNzo l or seid struts, selecurlclllg devices passing H. ADAMS, have hereunto set my hemel.` t ourfh'the Webs o sai struts and the Webs of Sad transverse members, and inwardly ALDNZO H'-ADAMS' amending anges on the body-sides eon- Witnesses.:

necved to the upper anges ofsad trnns- WVM. A. STEINMEYER, verse members. I Ror. D. TOTTEN. 

